RANDOM MUSINGS

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I am tired of being SICK.

I am sad the Olympics are over. I feel like I missed a bunch of it with the time difference and the scheduling. Booo. I did get to see a lot of the diving, which I love…gymnastics, track and swimming. I even saw the final match for table tennis. That stuff is amazing! The Chinese are like robots. Especially in the diving. And dude….there is no way their little gymnast girls are 16! Oh well. They got away with it, so time to move on! I did hear some radio talk show guys make an interesting comment the other day….they said that if you look at what the Chinese were dominating in, it was the sports where judges make the decision. A judge gives you a rank based on the impression made upon that judge. The ones the Chinese weren’t so dominant in were the sports where a judge is just overseeing…but doesn’t determine the outcome. Like gymnastics/diving vs. racing. I don’t know how true that would be or not. I just thought it was interesting. But let me tell you…I actually watched the diving, and all the Chinese divers deserved the scores they got. They were amazing. Kind of freakishly good, actually.

Hope the newest hurricane doesn’t come through just in time to ruin my big event next week. That would suck, to say the least.

I am tired of rain. I want to get my car washed, but no there is no point because it is just going to rain and dirty it up again! P.S. I still LOVE LOVE LOVE my car.

We have some real crazies at my job. And by crazies, I mean people who are a waste of oxygen. I also mean that quite literally. One of the crazies in particular often talks to herself and mumbles a lot. And doesn’t seem to ever remember conversations you had with her. Hmm.

I am ready for real television shows to come back on. I am sick of reality TV and reruns. Except for Project Runway, of course. I am looking forward to the following:

Fringe
Heroes
Bones
Grey’s Anatomy
How I Met Your Mother

I know there are some more, but I forget the names. I saw commercials for a couple I had not heard of yet the other day that sounded really interesting.

On that note, I need DVR!

I want sno-cones. And corn in a cup. Damn you, Blanca!

I ran into another Astro today. Brad Ausmus was at Fuddrucker’s having lunch with his family while I was also having lunch. He is HOT in person. And no, I didn’t go all crazy and go up and bother him and get a picture. He was with his kids, so that wouldn’t have been cool! I just gawked before leaving. So I am adding him to the list…

1. Brandon Backe

2. Roy Oswalt

3. Larry Dierker

4. Carlos Lee

5. Brad Ausmus

Honorable mention addition goes to Shane Battier, my FAVE Houston Rocket, whom I ran into (literally!) at an Astros game this season. I was too busy babbling to actually speak to him, and he just said “excuse me, sorry…” and kept going. Oh yeah…and I saw Mutombo at Luby’s during lunch once. Dude seems ten feet tall.

 

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Man. I ALMOST went to Bennigan’s for lunch on Sunday…but ended up somewhere else instead, and boy do I regret it now! And yes, I know that not ALL Bennigan’s are closing…but you don’t know yet which ones are going to be open (franchise-owned versus company-owned). So this is my farewell to the best monte cristo EVER. So sad! And yes, I realize that this is not really a healthy option for a meal….but come ON….every once in a while…when you just wanted something YUMMY and to hell with the calories….the monte cristo always came through.

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I don’t really have much to say….this weekend was a lot of fun. Jenny’s birthday party was on Friday, and I am fairly certain she had a blast. Saturday just hung out with friends…SUMMER! I mainly wanted my car to not be in the top spot anymore. Ha! I don’t have any more pictures of it anyway!

I do have one random comment….anyone that thinks golf is boring should have been watching the end of the U.S. Open today. OMG. That was AWESOME. Everyone in my living room got so loud you would have thought we won the lottery. GO TIGER.

Photos in the photo section…

Have a great week!

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Seriously….I just go to Austin for the food. And the outdoor activities. And going to the movies. And seeing My Summer!!!

Photos from the Indian Fair are up….

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I was really looking forward to this event this year. Last year’s was so neat…the staff at the Four Seasons definitely goes all out. This year’s theme was Whoville/Grinch, etc. It was too freakin cute. Their hotel manager was even dressed up as the Grinch. Everything had a green hue to it, as you can see from the picture, and the menu items were named appropriately. The dessert was a white chocolate heart box, and it was called “Grinch’s Change of Heart.” TOO FUN. Allyson missed out, but she gets to be in England, so boo on her. Hope everyone is having a good week!

 Photos are up….

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Summer and Daniel were in town this weekend, which is always festive. We all went to the Greek Festival on Saturday, which rocks because it is all about the food and drinks. It was crazy humid, but still a lot of fun. Just got super crowded at the end, so I didn’t mind leaving when we did. After that Summer had a birthday party to go to (OF COURSE) and I tagged along. Some place called Swivel in Midtown. I love how Summer does not even live here anymore, yet she knows all the new/good places to go. Cracks me up. It was a pretty good day! We were even good and came home early because we both had to get up this morning. I was on my way to the Texans game, which ROCKED. I had never been before, so just going was a good thing… then it was even better because we were in one of the “party suites.” Needless to say, it was awesome. The game was good, too. It came down to the very end and a winning field goal on our side…even though it should not have been that close. Oh well. Who cares! At least it was a win. And I didn’t declare my Cowboys’ loyalty, so I managed to NOT get beaten up. Haha. One cool part was where they actually had the real guys from those Budweiser, “real men of genius”, commercials come out and sing a song about Houston. It was weird to see the faces with the voices. Of course, some of the people that were with us would say that the best part was the cheerleaders. Men! So predictable!

Four sets of pics are up in the Photos section…
Hope everyone had a good weekend!

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It was a blast. Many extra hours at the office, but Kristin did a great job and everything came together and looked great. People really seemed to enjoy themselves! It is always a blast with all the volunteers…kind of a party within the party. Summer and Daniel even came in from Austin to help out and attend. So good to see My Summer!  The event itself was really neat…I was surprised at how many people dressed up in their “culturally chic” attire. And each room was decorated beautifully. The passport system was a big hit…mainly because you got to take your photo for it, just as you would for a normal passport. Wish I could trade those pictures out. My real passport photo is jacked up! Anyway…it was a really long, but good night! Hope everyone else had a good weekend as well! Pictures are up…

Okay, Houston…most people have seen those H-E-B commercials that feature athletes from our teams. And most of you know that two of these athletes are not around anymore…one officially, one is still up in the air. Pettitte chased the money and signed with the Yankees’ organization, while Clemens is playing his usual Mr. Indecisive. Most bets are laying down on him joining the Yankees, though. And now the Texans have announced that since they acquired Matt Schaub, David Carr is on the trading block. I feel bad for David Carr. He never really had the support of a solid team on the field with him to have a real chance of showing what he could or could not do. Yeah…he may never be a great quarterback, but how are we to know that if he is not given the opportunity?? Oh well. I wish him the best!! He was definitely one of the “good guys.”

So…the point is that these are well-known athletes that Houston fans will miss watching play, but even more important than that is this…who is going to star in the H-E-B commercials?? Who is going to attempt to convince us to buy H-E-B burgers and steaks? Who is going to prove once and for all that just because athletes are in front of cameras all the time, they are definitely NOT actors??

 I vote for Roy Oswalt. With his tractor, of course.

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Finally!! We went camping this past weekend. And I actually got to go. I do believe everyone was taking bets on that. At least Mike and Jen were. We went to a park outside of Austin…in Smithville. It was a lot of fun. Just nice to be out of Houston and be around some trees!! Festive things about camping…

1. Dairy Queen on the way there AND on the way back
2. Hot dogs!!
3. Trees!
4. Not being able to see out of the back end of my car
5. Free pizza from a gas station
6. Elodie taking a bajillion pictures of Jen’s “children”
7. Smoke from our sad little fire following Daniel and Summer everywhere they tried to sit
8. Jen and the spiders on her hat
9. Elodie jumping out of her skin several times
10. Summer’s bucket-o-beer
11. Daniel and his 4 different kinds of creamer
12. Just getting to chill!!
13. Cool weather
14. The postponement of the rain until we were driving off
15. Daniel bringing his blender
16. Bathrooms that were pretty well taken care of
17. Having the $3 I gave Summer and Daniel be stretched enough to buy two bags of ice and a can of hot dog chili. Even if they did have to ride their bikes all over town to do it!
18. I-10 being closed and having to take detours
19. Representing SHSU in several ways. #1 being my bright as hell orange wind breaker. That is what happens when the book store has a clearance sale.
20. The wonderment of how much stuff 3 girls can fit into one car. We are good!
21. Daniel’s squid jerky
22. Elodie drinking coffee out of a bowl
23. Jen’s super nutritious breakfast…I have not seen nutty bars in years!!
24. Chips and chips and more chips…and guacamole!!
25. The best feeling…getting in my own shower at home after I unloaded my car!

I know more things happened. I am just too tired and am drawing a complete blank!! One thing I can say for sure is that it was a good weekend.

Oh yeah…and my new kitty has a name…Caesar…as in Julius. Mainly because he attacks swiftly and with no warning! He is awesome. Very sweet and very playful. Summer, a.k.a the Cat Whisperer, even came over to meet him. He enjoys guests. Even if he still does not enjoy Zoe!!